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I'm very allergic to bees (carry Epipen). The following is a "recipe" from an Allergist in MI:
Adolph's Meat Tenderizer & Baking Soda: mix equal parts of both ingredients together. (I keep a bottle pre-made in my medicine cabinet at all times! I re-use the Adolph's container for mine). Add warm water to make into a thick "paste" consistency.
First, try to remove all of stinger, if possible. Apply paste mixture to sting area and cover with hot/wet (but not soaking) washcloth. When the area starts cooling & the "paste" gets crunchy, rinse off & start again.
This will draw the poison out of the area.
The ammonia in urine dissolves the ensimes in the insect bite. This renders it neutral..when out in the woods unprepared, reach for your built in medicine storage of sterilized medication, yes urine.
Put warm water on the bee sting
then put a pinch of salt on it with it still being wet.
Put bleach on a sting of any kind. The pain stops immediately. It always works on bee stings; however,by Son was bitten by a scorpion and I used bleach and the pain stopped immediately. He was even able to put on a glove and practice baseball within the hour.
I once heard that if you get stung by a bee that dislodges it stinger in your skin, you can tract that same bee and rub it on the optimal site, it will relieve the pain. Now I'm not running off to bee farms to try it but it was just something I heard...
I was at my house playing in the the garden when I got stung I ran in side and I put some vinegar on my sting about every five mins for 40mins!
One day I was taking the trash out to the curb and stepped on a bee. I ran to the bathroom to grab the "AfterBite" hoping it would help. Well the "AfterBite" was empty! I looked on the side and saw the only ingredient was "ammonia"
So I ran to the basement and grabbed my bottle of ammonia, opened it, put some on my finger and rubbed it on my foot where I was stung.
I continued rubbing some on it every 5 min. for about a half hour. After an hour it was like I never got stung at all!
My foot never swelled up!
All I could think of was all the baking soda my mom wasted on us kids when we were little, which never worked!
So always make sure you have a small bottle of ammonia in your emergency supplies.
Best to use Organic Raw if you can. I was stung and in pain, knowing the purifying abilities of apple cidar vinegar, I tried it. Poured it on the sting site and then wrapped a towel soaked in it around the area. So soothing, and the swelling decrease was almost immediate. I was quite impressed. Apply the vinegar as soon as possible on the bite to draw out any poison and to prevent swelling. Thyme and rosemary infused in the vinegar are especially effective.
The best thing to do as soon as you get a bee sting, get some water and dirt, yes I said DIRT! Back yard, front yard, flower pot dirt, any one mix water and dirt together make mud and rub on sting and pain is gone right away! It realy works !
Take the inside of a cigarette and wet make a paste and let it dry and the stinger will come on out and stop the swelling.
Cut an onion and peel away a good piece of the thin membrane between layers. Place on the wound and leave there as long as necessary. Pain stops within seconds and there will be no swelling or trace of having been stung afterwards.
Hi, I got stung by a bee yesterday and we put calamine lotion on it. It stung for like 30 sec. then it totally helped, you should try it.
Water and epsom salt draws the poison out.
Immediately after getting stung all I had available was ice. It quickly took away the pain and swelling. There was mild on and off pain after the ice melted and coldness wore off.
Before going to bed that night I put honey on a large bandaid (sealed on all 4 sides so honey wouldn't leak out). The honey was soothing, and took away pain and itching.
Continued to use honey the next day for pain, and it worked great.
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maltesergr8 in Western NC -I'm very allergic to bees (carry Epipen). The following is a "recipe" from an Allergist in MI:
Adolph's Meat Tenderizer & Baking Soda: mix equal parts of both ingredients together. (I keep a bottle pre-made in my medicine cabinet at all times! I re-use the Adolph's container for mine). Add warm water to make into a thick "paste" consistency.
First, try to remove all of stinger, if possible. Apply paste mixture to sting area and cover with hot/wet (but not soaking) washcloth. When the area starts cooling & the "paste" gets crunchy, rinse off & start again.
This will draw the poison out of the area.
May 05, 2011
0 Yes
0 No
Piss on it for bee or insect bites.
Ben in skokie Ill, USA -The ammonia in urine dissolves the ensimes in the insect bite. This renders it neutral..when out in the woods unprepared, reach for your built in medicine storage of sterilized medication, yes urine.
Feb 21, 2010
4 Yes
3 No
Salt water
Courtney in WA -Put warm water on the bee sting
then put a pinch of salt on it with it still being wet.
Jan 06, 2010
0 Yes
2 No
Household Bleach
Anonymous in USA -Put bleach on a sting of any kind. The pain stops immediately. It always works on bee stings; however,by Son was bitten by a scorpion and I used bleach and the pain stopped immediately. He was even able to put on a glove and practice baseball within the hour.
Jan 05, 2010
1 Yes
3 No
The Bee
Matthew Alonzo in Fullerton, Ca -I once heard that if you get stung by a bee that dislodges it stinger in your skin, you can tract that same bee and rub it on the optimal site, it will relieve the pain. Now I'm not running off to bee farms to try it but it was just something I heard...
Nov 17, 2009
0 Yes
2 No
How to treat a bee sting
bob armstrong in usa -I was at my house playing in the the garden when I got stung I ran in side and I put some vinegar on my sting about every five mins for 40mins!
Nov 09, 2009
4 Yes
2 No
Ammonia!
Carol K in South Dakota -One day I was taking the trash out to the curb and stepped on a bee. I ran to the bathroom to grab the "AfterBite" hoping it would help. Well the "AfterBite" was empty! I looked on the side and saw the only ingredient was "ammonia"
So I ran to the basement and grabbed my bottle of ammonia, opened it, put some on my finger and rubbed it on my foot where I was stung.
I continued rubbing some on it every 5 min. for about a half hour. After an hour it was like I never got stung at all!
My foot never swelled up!
All I could think of was all the baking soda my mom wasted on us kids when we were little, which never worked!
So always make sure you have a small bottle of ammonia in your emergency supplies.
Oct 29, 2009
6 Yes
1 No
Apple Cidar Vinegar
jmedlm in New York -Best to use Organic Raw if you can. I was stung and in pain, knowing the purifying abilities of apple cidar vinegar, I tried it. Poured it on the sting site and then wrapped a towel soaked in it around the area. So soothing, and the swelling decrease was almost immediate. I was quite impressed. Apply the vinegar as soon as possible on the bite to draw out any poison and to prevent swelling. Thyme and rosemary infused in the vinegar are especially effective.
Oct 13, 2009
8 Yes
0 No
Bee sting ? Try MUD!
JANIE in DENVER , COLORADO -The best thing to do as soon as you get a bee sting, get some water and dirt, yes I said DIRT! Back yard, front yard, flower pot dirt, any one mix water and dirt together make mud and rub on sting and pain is gone right away! It realy works !
Oct 02, 2009
15 Yes
5 No
The tabacco
m.gunnells in Denver Co -Take the inside of a cigarette and wet make a paste and let it dry and the stinger will come on out and stop the swelling.
Oct 02, 2009
3 Yes
0 No
Onion Skin
J. Garcia in Chicago, IL -Cut an onion and peel away a good piece of the thin membrane between layers. Place on the wound and leave there as long as necessary. Pain stops within seconds and there will be no swelling or trace of having been stung afterwards.
Sep 07, 2009
1 Yes
0 No
Calamine lotion
mak in mukwonago WI -Hi, I got stung by a bee yesterday and we put calamine lotion on it. It stung for like 30 sec. then it totally helped, you should try it.
Aug 25, 2009
1 Yes
2 No
Epsom salt
d town in MI -Water and epsom salt draws the poison out.
Aug 24, 2009
0 Yes
0 No
Ice & Honey
Snowflake Skier in St. Cloud, MN -Immediately after getting stung all I had available was ice. It quickly took away the pain and swelling. There was mild on and off pain after the ice melted and coldness wore off.
Before going to bed that night I put honey on a large bandaid (sealed on all 4 sides so honey wouldn't leak out). The honey was soothing, and took away pain and itching.
Continued to use honey the next day for pain, and it worked great.
Aug 17, 2009
5 Yes
21 No
the best way!
Anonymous in Anytown, AT 55555 -TOOTHPASTE!!!
Aug 14, 2009
15 Yes
11 No
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